1991- Slovenia formaly declares independence.
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1178 - 5 Canterbury monks report something exploding on Moon
1863 - US General George Meade replaces General Hooker to be more aggressive 1920 - League of Nations places Internationall Court of Justice in Hague 1942 - British RAF staged a 1,000 bomb raid on Bremen Germany (WW II) |
a step up from 'chew sticks'
1498: The first toothbrush is invented.
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1483 - Duke of Gloucester appoints himself King Richard III of England
1718 - Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich of Russia, Peter the Great's son, mysteriously dies after being sentenced to death by his father for plotting against him. 1909 - Victoria & Albert Museum opens in London 1917 - 1st US Expeditionary Force arrive in France during WW I 1968 - Iwo Jima & Bonin Islands returned to Japan by US |
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1542 - Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo claims California for Spain
1759 - General James Wolfe begins the siege of Quebec 1893 - Great stock crash on NY stock exchange 1905 - Russian sailors mutiny aboard battleship "Potemkin" 1950 - North Koreans troop reach Seoul, UN asks members to aid South Korea, Harry Truman orders Air Force & Navy into Korean conflict |
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Joseph Smith and his brother, Hyrum, were killed by a mob in Carthage, Illinois. |
1119 - Battle of Sarmada - Emir Ilghazi defeats French Crusaders
1762 - 1st reported counterfeiting attempt (Boston) 1820 - Tomato is proven non-poisonous 1880 - Ned Kelly the Australian bushranger captured at Glenrowan 1904 - The SS Norge Runs aground and sinks 1948 - US/British airlift to West Berlin begins |
hot wheels of the day-both ragtops?
1953: workers at a Chevrolet plant in Flint, Michigan, assemble the first Corvette, a two-seater sports car that would become an American icon.
http://mng-lang.smugmug.com/photos/i...-fsppjRq-L.jpg 1914: the other famous car: A 1910 Gräf und Stift Double Phaeton with license plate A111118??? ie Armistice 11 11 18 !? to the mystically inclined! http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/hist...omobile_AB.jpg |
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You'd think that Kennedy would have learned an important lesson about convertibles from that event. |
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1767 - The British Parliament approved the Townshend Revenue Acts. The acts imposed import duties on glass, lead, paint, paper and tea shipped to America.
1917 - The Ukraine proclaimed independence from Russia. |
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